Chapter 114 Dungeon
Qi Silin moved very quickly. He followed Nohir's instructions and quickly cleaned up the mess. He dragged the body of his kinsman aside and used the hell iron needle that fell on the ground to re-lock the magic door from the Nine Hells. .
Nohill also began to take a good look at the specific situation of this room during this time.
He looked around and saw that this ten-foot-high vaulted room had a plaster ceiling covered with a number of terrifying winged devils. The surrounding walls were hung with murals depicting hell, and the floor was inlaid with There are various bright red symbols on it, all of which are in purgatory language, and their contents roughly mean blood, sacrifice and summons.
In addition, a huge black stone disk was placed in the center of the room. The disk was engraved with a bloody nine-pointed star that covered the entire stone disk. Half-melted red candles surrounded the disk as a light source. There is also an unlit iron candlestick in each of the four corners of the room. The room itself is also very spacious, enough to accommodate at least a hundred people.
Nohill immediately saw a small stone doorframe directly in front of him. This doorframe was facing the incoming magic door. According to the information obtained from Qi Silin's mind, the place directly above the ceremony room should correspond to the dining room of the Duke's Palace.
The winding brick staircase behind the door frame should be the secret door hidden in the dining room of the Duke's Palace, and this small passage should be specially used to facilitate the Duke's inspection. Nohir asked Qi Silin to stay here. The main thing is to guard this door to prevent anything from coming down.
Okay, the door leading to the Duke's Palace is clearly visible, but what about the secret temple on the left that Qislin mentioned before? Where is its entrance?
After roughly scanning the specific structure of the house, Nohill walked to the left. On the wall on the left was a huge mural, which showed a man being skinned alive in hell, and then The man caught on the hook, the man's pain and despair are vividly portrayed.
Nohir walked under the wall, and then walked around the wall carefully. At the same time, he asked Qi Silin in his mind some specific information about the dungeon, and Qi Silin also told him everything he knew. Speak up.
Among the information is the method to open the secret passage, but there is also some interesting information besides.
For example, the location of the treasury of Duke Vansample's Mansion, where all the wealth of the entire Duke family of Vansample is stored, is on the left side of the Secret Temple.
There is also a special dungeon behind the dormitory, which contains several enemies of Duke Vansample. However, Chislin is not responsible for that area, so he does not know who those people are and where they are. was imprisoned at that time.
"It's interesting. There are other people here besides us, but they are all tied here. I'm afraid those people are not far from death. After the operation is over, we can go and see if there is anyone else who can be saved."
Scar pulled off one of the murals, used it to wipe his blood-stained war hammer, and then said the same thing in his mind.
"Perhaps there are still soldiers who have not lost their combat effectiveness among those people. We can take advantage of this time to go there and have a look. It would be great if someone can help in the next operation, isn't it?"
Nohir seemed a little moved when he heard this, but soon he retorted to Scar in his mind.
"I'm afraid not. It's too risky to go back now. There will definitely be guards there. If we go there, we will definitely fight with them. If we can't get rid of those guards in a short time, we will be surrounded by the enemy."
"And even if everything goes well, we don't know if there is anyone who can help. Even if there are really powerful warriors, it is still unknown whether such people who join in the middle can be trusted. Compared with helping, there is a bigger problem Maybe it’s a drag.”
"Let's wait until everything settles. And aren't you looking forward to killing Tavis? Why are you so cautious now? Do you think we can't deal with him alone?"
Nohir suddenly reacted and continued to ask in his mind.
"By the way, you used to be a Hell Knight. How well do you know Tavis Craig?"
Scar was silent for a moment, then said.
"...I don't know, in the former city...Tavis, Tavis Craig was once a devout priest who believed in Tom, the god of protection. He even took the lead in revising the Creed of Fortitude..."
"You should also know that, Nohir. It is the oath of defense that all devout residents of Eltoril know. Everyone swears to protect the Holy City in the name of the tenacious creed, but now..., its revision But he fell."
"I don't know why the once devout priest of the Guardian God became like this, but his current behavior has undoubtedly betrayed Tom's teachings. His fall must have been premeditated, but I don't know how he did it. Pretending to be a devout believer in front of other believers without being discovered.”
"The only thing I can be sure of is that the gods have definitely abandoned him. It is absolutely impossible for him to use any magic from Tom anymore, but who knows what kind of power he gained after committing such evil deeds. strength."
The Creed of Fortitude? Noshir did know this. When he first came to Eltoril, he was preached this creed by the guards guarding the city. It is said that all residents of Eltoril will take this oath as long as they can read and write. The main content of the creed is to be full of love and tolerance for this city, and to do their best and even everything to protect this beautiful holy city.
That's about it. He didn't know the details, because Noshir came here just to cater to the settings before the crossing. At that time, he didn't plan to settle here for a long time, so he didn't make this oath like other people who wanted to settle here, and other people didn't say much, so the matter was left unresolved.
So what surprised Noshir even more was the latter point. Faith can be disguised? Wouldn't the gods find out?
Noshir fell into thought, but soon he figured it out.
He may have overestimated the gods. After all, as long as the priests are not particularly devout, the gods will not say much except for giving divine spells. Sometimes, the gods do affect the world, but most of the time, the gods are quiet and silent.
Although they are powerful, they all abide by a default rule, that is, they will not affect the world too much. Because of their disregard for the world, even before the turbulent years, there were still many people in the world who did not believe in the existence of gods. Mages even thought that divine spells were just strange arcane spells and despised the existence of gods, which also led to the emergence of the Nestriel Empire.
This can also explain why Tavis has rarely appeared in front of the world in recent years. With the disappearance of his faith, his connection with Torm must have been disconnected long ago. He may have lost the ability to cast divine spells long ago. However, because of his own unsteady faith, the gods did not pursue this little transparent person at all, and he did not have to worry about the gods' accountability. He just needed to continue to deceive the world.
Tavis must have become a sorcerer now, and how much power he has now depends on how much Zariel loves his meritorious servant.
Noshier felt that he must not be too weak, because this guy just sacrificed an entire city to Zariel some time ago, and he might get great favor from Zariel because of this. At least in the information he checked, Tavis became a devil because of this, and was directly promoted to an Anzu devil by Zariel. That kind of devil is already in the upper class of hell, belonging to the class that rules other devils.
However...
Noshier's Domination Crown did not sense Tavis's thoughts at all. In fact, in this area, he only sensed the five devils including Qi Silin, which means that there was a small error in the intelligence.
This situation would happen, either Tavis had some magic props that blocked the perception of Noshier's crown, or he did not completely become a devil at all, and the Domination Crown's detection of devils naturally could not sense him who was not a devil.
The former is not a big deal. As long as Tavis is still a devil, Noshier can completely control him with the Seven-Ring Demon Complete Domination Spell the moment they meet. Even if he carries protective magic items, it will be useless because the Seven-Ring spell is enough to break through the spell resistance of most magic items. But the latter will make the Crown of Domination completely useless to Tavis Craig.